minor install guide tweaks

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# Create New Cloud Server
[Sign up for Digital Ocean][do], update billing info, then create your new cloud server (Droplet).
[Sign up for Digital Ocean][do], update billing info, then create your new cloud server.
- Enter your domain `discourse.example.com` as the name.
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# Access Your Cloud Server
Connect to your Droplet via SSH, or use [Putty][put] on Windows:
Connect to your server via SSH, or use [Putty][put] on Windows:
ssh root@192.168.1.1
Replace `192.168.1.1` with the IP address of your Droplet.
Replace `192.168.1.1` with the IP address of your server.
You will be asked for permission to connect, type `yes`, then enter the root password from the email Digital Ocean sent you when the Droplet was set up. You may be prompted to change the root password, too.
You will be asked for permission to connect, type `yes`, then enter the root password from the email Digital Ocean sent you when the server was set up. You may be prompted to change the root password, too.
<img src="https://www.discourse.org/images/install/14/console-ssh.png?v=1">
<img src="https://www.discourse.org/images/install/14/console-ssh.png?v=1" width="600px">
# Set up Swap (if needed)
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- If you are using a 1 GB instance, set `UNICORN_WORKERS` to 2 and `db_shared_buffers` to 128MB so you have more memory room.
<img src="https://www.discourse.org/images/install/14/console-nano-app-yml.png?v=1">
<img src="https://www.discourse.org/images/install/14/console-nano-app-yml.png?v=1" width="600px">
After completing your edits, press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd><kbd>O</kbd> then <kbd>Enter</kbd> to save and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd><kbd>X</kbd> to exit.
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- Already have a mail server? Great. Use your existing mail server credentials.
- No existing mail server, or you don't know what it is? No problem, create a free account on [SparkPost][sp] (10k emails/month) [Mailgun][gun] (10k emails/month), [Mailjet][jet] (200 emails/day) or [**Mandrill**][man], and use the credentials provided in the dashboard.
- No existing mail server? Create a free account on [SparkPost][sp] (10k emails/month) [Mailgun][gun] (10k emails/month), [Mailjet][jet] (200 emails/day) or [**Mandrill**][man], and use the credentials provided in the dashboard.
- For proper email deliverability, you must set the [SPF and DKIM records](http://help.mandrill.com/entries/21751322-What-are-SPF-and-DKIM-and-do-I-need-to-set-them-up-) in your DNS. In Mandrill, that's under Sending Domains, View DKIM/SPF setup instructions.
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./launcher bootstrap app
This command takes about 8 minutes. It is automagically configuring your Discourse environment.
After that completes, start Discourse:
This command takes about **8 minutes** to automagically configure your Discourse. After that completes, start Discourse:
./launcher start app
<img src="https://www.discourse.org/images/install/14/console-launcher-start.png?v=1">
<img src="https://www.discourse.org/images/install/14/console-launcher-start.png?v=1" width="600px">
Congratulations! You now have your own instance of Discourse!
It should be accessible via the domain name `discourse.example.com` you entered earlier, provided you configured DNS. If not, you can also visit the server IP directly, e.g. `http://192.168.1.1`.
It should now be accessible in your web browsver via the domain name `discourse.example.com` you entered earlier, provided you configured DNS. If not, you can visit the server IP directly, e.g. `http://192.168.1.1`.
<img src="https://www.discourse.org/images/install/14/browser-discourse-installed.png">